West Africa

Ok now let’s keep it real. Growing up as a kid how many times did your school contribute a project regarding aid to an African nation. Did you fast a whole day, or run a mile or two for water pumps in Gambia (or insert any African nation for that matter) But how save is it to say that these projects are

The name Akwasi Frimpong might not directly sound familiar. But he is the epitome of the strong shall persevere. Akwasi is the only Ghanaian participating currently at the Winter Olympics which are being held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Yesterday Dutch artist and friend of Alkebulan Amartey made his debut on Dutch National TV . After his winning performance at the international industry festival – Noorderslag Amartey impressed the crowd and was chosen to perform at DWDD.

Looking for new restaurants to visit? With the help of our amazing citizens of Alkebulan, we compiled a list of the best African & Caribbean restaurants in the Netherlands. Reviews of these restaurants will follow soon.

An ear worm. According to Wikipedia: ‘an catchy piece of music that continuously repeats through your mind after it is no longer playing’. As you can imagine, this can be very annoying. At least I was. Especially when I kept on humming and had no idea what the song was.

For the Alkebulan project West African EP, Philou Louzolo teamed up with Rapper Cool joe. The track will soon be released on Spotify and other streaming sites. But before all that happened we talked to the Afrobeat genius about his roots and his work.

While we were roaming the web looking for talented people for volume 1 of the Alkebulan bookseries, we came across this beautiful series of photographs by Heather Agypong. We had to interview her. After numerous of failed attempts to meet up through Skype, phonecalls and even trying to meet up in her homecity, we finally got both of our busy schedules to work. We talked about her work and her connection to Africa. Get a little inside scoop of your new favourite photographer.

Last year I found myself at a festival in Denmark. This in itself was a musical experience, but what really put a smile on my face was that Ghanaian Hiplife music pumped out of a gang of Danish teenage boys’ self-made boombox that they wheeled around the festival area.